The historic Outstanding Students' Choice Awards of Recognition popular known as had come and is gone but it will never be forgotten so quick by the entire OAU community. Aside from being the very first of its kind in Obafemi Awolowo University with such huge popularity among staffs and students, its nomination and election fairness and credibility is a song that abounds in the mouth of many.

Today with us is one of the most celebrated personality on OAU campus and beyond, the OSCAR Most Charismatic Male Leader.

OAU Peeps: Congratulations on your award as the Most Charismatic Student Leader! Can you briefly tell us about yourself?Petrus: Thanks. I am Peter Oyagbile, a graduate of
Botany Department of Great Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, A Goal Getter,
forward thinking person and always believing in possibility and execution of
great ideas.

OAU Peeps: Wow.Tell us how growing up was like with you? Will you say life has been fair to you?

Petrus: Growing up was cool. Life has been good and still very good, thanks to
God for the free gift of nature giving us opportunities for great
exploits. Though I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth, I am the fourth of six
children with lovely parents who could afford us the privilege of good
education. I was able to identify the importance of life and being
relevant in life early enough which prompted in me the thought for
greatness and significance.

OAU Peeps: Can you tell us about the leadership positions you have held before now?Petrus: I was a Labour Prefect during my primary school education, then I was
the Senior Prefect Boy during my secondary school education and then the
class rep in my first year in OAU with excellent success recorded and
great accountability. My tenure as the President of NABOS ended some months back.

OAU Peeps: Now to the Award that exposed you, how did you feel when you found out you had won the award the other day?

Petrus: I was excited.

OAU Peeps: Was there a lot of suspense leading up to the decision and did you think you might win or will you call it a total surprise?
Petrus: The suspense was not much, I expected it because I am the optimistic type. Though, I doubted it at a point.

OAU Peeps: That category of the Awards was obviously very tight and competitive
with popular nominees like Iyeku Akinwale Tansi(IFUMSA President),
Ifeanyi Emegwa(Equity) and some others. What made the difference?
Petrus: I cannot really figure out the difference, but I think it was a great
privilege to have been awarded and to have gotten such a great feedback
from the teaming population of OAU students for their honest nomination.

OAU Peeps: Something that caught many people's attention was that your Association, NABOS
had the highest popular nomination and eventual awards. How did you go about this?
Petrus: Smiles... It is not that we knew the awards would be coming our way, but
we were just been diligent in getting our goals fulfilled. And the
successes we had steered up possibilities in us.

OAU Peeps: So far so good, has the Award affected you in any way?
Petrus: Yes.

OAU Peeps: How?
Petrus: It has been an encouragement and a stimulant to be more diligent and to take up more leadership responsibilities.

OAU Peeps: During your tenure as the President of National Association of Botany
Students'(NABOS), your administration obviously witnessed unprecedented success.
What was the secret?
Petrus: Thanks to God for the success achieved and also to my Mentor in
leadership, Prof. Greg Erhabor who has made me to see the need to be
committed to the pursuit of excellence. A set of wonderful Executive Team with excellent team spirit and the cooperation received from my
teaming followers made a whole lot of difference.

OAU Peeps: 'BOTANISCA 2014' was a buzz on campus, how did you achieve this?
Petrus: As an Executive Body, we understood the purpose of the event, and we
were able to communicate it rightly to great NABOS which earned us their
cooperation and contributions.

OAU Peeps: In your speech in the BOTANISCA Magazine, Maiden Edition, you mentioned,
"We all should be able to ask ourselves 'Why Botany?' because until you
answer the question why, you may never understand the how of life
knowing fully well that we are big as the dream we set out in our mind."
So why Botany for you?
Petrus: It is a unique Basic Science that has given me the platform for my
desired profession and to become a dream weaver in the science World.

OAU Peeps: How will you rate the OSCAR event?Petrus: It was excellent! because it was an idea of some set of students like
every other student on campus which was eventually executed.

OAU Peeps: What were the major challenges you had leading your department?
Petrus: (i) Bringing about change was initially difficult. (ii) Insufficient
funds in the execution of goals and vision was another challenge.

OAU Peeps: As a student leader, what are the major lessons you have learnt from your followers?
Petrus: Accepting people the way they are especially at their different levels
of understanding and reasoning, Decision is hard work which requires
high level of wisdom when it comes to people’s opinion and lastly,
Success determinant depend much on the cooperation from followers.

OAU Peeps: Combining Academics with Campus Politics, how did you strike balance?

Petrus: I had to let go of some conveniences so as to be committed in order to strike balance.

OAU Peeps: Any regret in life so far?
Petrus: None

OAU Peeps: Are you in any relationship?
Petrus: No

OAU Peeps: Where do you see yourself in the next 5-10 years?
Petrus: Impacting and influencing lives with a more higher leadership
responsibility, married and a consultant in Research and Development.

OAU Peeps: Is there anything you will like to share with our readers?
Petrus: Let us keep discovering and exploring our capabilities in order to be a perfect match with opportunity.

OAU Peeps: What message do you have for your fellow students and youths out there?Petrus: It is important for us to know that we are as big as the dream we ever
set out in our minds. Therefore, let us not stop dreaming; let us not
forget our driving force of always becoming the best in whatsoever we
do. No matter how the past has been, we can always do better and we can
always go for the best. Let’s dare to go extra miles in achieving the
unusual excellence, opening up our minds to generating insights into
what the future holds for us as great intellectuals.OAU Peeps: Thank you for your time Mr Oyagbile Peter. Your shout out to the OAU Peeps Crew?
Petrus: It’s a privilege been here. Thanks! My Shout out goes to the OAU Peeps Crew, you guys are doing such a great work… keep it up!

A big Congratulations to you on your admission to the great ife citadel. This is to inform you that payment & registration is drawing closer. Please NOTE the following :

1. Resumption for the Session is 9th March,2018
2. Payment of all Fees will commence ON February 10,2019
3. Failure to pay acceptance fee before February 28,2019 may lead to Forfeiture of admission
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A big Congratulations to you on your admission to the great ife citadel. This is to inform you that payment & registration is drawing closer. In a bid to serve you better and reach you more readily, OAU Peeps News Agency has decided to create a WhatsApp Group for all newly admitted students of Obafemi Awolowo University.

The primary aim is to disseminate targeted information to this class of persons faster.

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on WhatsApp using the format below.

Kindly add me to the OAU Peeps Freshmen's group. My name is Ajanlekoko Dotun, admitted to the Department of Chemistry.

You will be added once we receive your request.
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The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife has fixed deadline for all residents of the university halls of residence to Vacate the premises.

The notice which came from the office of the Dean, Division of Students' Affairs (DSA), Professor . Aransi, stated that the deadline for the vacation of hostels was fixed in preparation for 2018/2019 session.

The release obtained from OAU Peeps News Agency also clarified the rumour that students have been asked to vacate the halls of residence before February 2,2019. The release revealed that students are allowed to stay till Friday, 22nd of February.

It further stated that only students undergoing SWEP/SIWESS and Teaching Practice are allowed beyond the stated deadline.

"The attention of the DSA has been drawn to the rumour making rounds that students have been asked to vacate hostels. This is not true as there has been no release from this division before now to that effect, bearing in mind that some…